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From someone that doesn't know anything about this: Is it impossible for malware to modify that boot code?
by euyyn 9y ago
From someone that doesn't know anything about this: Is it impossible for malware to modify that boot code?
- bryanbuckley 9y agoObviously not. Except when it can. (joke..) You can google around for secure boot, trusted boot, chain of trust, etc. Breaking secure boot is the biggest vulnerability a device can experience (e.g. Apple will pay you the most money for this type of break).
- takeda 9y agoYes, that's why things like UEFI were invented to secure the hardware. Those things are not necessarily bad, the problem is with having control over what your computer runs. It's about whether you decide that or a 3rd party that you might not necessarily trust. If things are modifiable before the machine boots, and can't be modified once system has booted, then malware should not be able to modify it.